Astronauts With Scouting Experience

Of the 312 pilots and scientists selected as astronauts since 1959, at
least 207 have been identified as having been Scouts or active in Scouting.
The list includes 39 Eagle Scouts, 25 Life Scouts, 14 Star Scouts, 26 First
Class Scouts, 17 Second Class Scouts, 13 Tenderfoot Scouts, 3 Explorers, 25
Cub Scouts, 10 Webelos Scouts, 1 King’s Scout, 2 Wolf Scouts, and 32 with unknown
ranks, including 27 who were Girl Scouts.

Of the 24 men to travel to the moon on the Apollo 9 through Apollo 17
missions , 21 were Scouts, including 10 of the 12 men who physically walked on
the moon's surface, and all three members of the crew of Apollo 13.
Three travelled to the Moon twice.

All three of the astronauts who died in the Apollo 1 fire, four of the
seven who died in the Challenger launch explosion, and five of the seven who
died in the Columbia re-entry explosion were Scouts.

Eagle Scouts

ADAMSON, James C.**

ARMSTRONG, Neil A.*

First man to walk on the Moon
during the Apollo 11 mission - July 20, 1969

BAGIAN, James P.**

BLUFORD, Guion S. Jr.**

BOWERSOX, Kenneth D.

BRADY, Charles E.**

CARR, Gerald P.**

CARTER, Manley Lanier "Sonny" Jr.*

CHAFFEE, Roger B.*

Died in the Apollo 1 fire on Jan 27, 1967

CHAMITOFF, Gregory Errol

COVEY, Richard O.**

CREIGHTON, John O.**

DUKE, Charles M., Jr.**

Walked on the Moon during the Apollo 16 mission

EISELE, Donn F.*

FORRESTER, Patrick G.

FOSSUM, Michael E.

FULLERTON, Charles G.**

GREGORY, William G.**

GRIGGS, S. David*

HOFFMAN, Jeffrey A.**

JOHNSON, Gregory H.

JONES, Thomas D.**

LEE, Mark C.**

LIND, Don L.**

LINDSEY, Steven W.

LOVELL, James A. Jr.**

Flew to the moon on the Apollo 8 and Apollo 13 missions

McCOOL, William C.*

Died during the re-entry of Columbia on Feb 1, 2003

McCULLEY, Michael J.**

O'LEARY, Brian T.**

ONIZUKA, Ellison S.*

Died when Challenger exploded on Jan 28, 1986

OSWALD, Stephen S.**

PARAZYNSKI, Scott E.

PETTIT, Donald R.

REIGHTLER, Kenneth S. Jr.**

SEARFOSS, Richard A.**

SEE, Elliot M. Jr.*

TANNER, Joseph R.

TRULY, Richard H.**

WALKER, David M*

King's Scout (equivalent to Eagle Scout)

LLEWELLYN, John A.**

Life Scouts

ANDERS, William A.**

Flew to the moon on the Apollo 8 mission

BAKER, Michael A.

BASSETT, Charles A. II*

BRAND, Vance D.

BRIDGES, Roy D. Jr.

BROWN, David M.*

Died during the re-entry of Columbia on Feb 1, 2003

CASPER, John H.**

COOPER, L. Gordon Jr.*

EVANS, Ronald E.*

Orbited the moon on Apollo 17

FABIAN, John M.**

GARDNER, Guy S.**

GIVENS, Edward G. Jr.*

GREGORY, Frederick D.**

KREGEL, Kevin R.**

LOW, G. David**

MATTINGLY, Thomas K. II**

Orbited the moon on Apollo 16

McARTHUR, William S. Jr.

MITCHELL, Edgar D.**

Walked on the Moon during the Apollo 14 mission

POINDEXTER, Alan G.

ROBINSON, Stephen K.

SCOTT, David R.**

Walked on the Moon during the Apollo 15 mission

SPRING, Sherwood C.**

SPRINGER, Robert C.**

VAN HOFTEN, James, D. A.**

WILLIAMS, Clifton C. Jr.*

Star Scouts

BARRY, Daniel T.

CAMERON, Kenneth D.**

ENGLAND, Anthony W.**

FISHER, William F.**

GARRIOTT, Owen K.**

GIBSON, Robert L.**

GORDON, Richard F. Jr.**

Orbited the moon on Apollo 12

GRISSOM, Virgil I.* (Gus)

Died in the Apollo 1 fire on Jan 27, 1967

HAISE, Fred W. Jr.**

Flew to the moon on the Apollo 13 mission

LOUNGE, John M. "Mike"**

McNAIR, Ronald E.*

Died when Challenger exploded on Jan 28, 1986

NOGUCHI, Soichi

STAFFORD, Thomas P.**

Orbited the moon on Apollo 10

WILLIAMS, Jeffrey N.

First Class Scouts

ALLEN, Joseph P.**

ANDERSON, Clayton C.

BEAN, Alan L.**

Walked on the Moon during the Apollo 12 mission

BLOOMFIELD, Michael J.

CAMARDA, Charles J.

CLIFFORD, Michael R.**

COATS, Michael L.**

EDWARDS, Joe F. Jr.**

ENGLE, Joe H.**

FOREMAN, Michael J.

FREEMAN, Theodore C.*

GARDNER, Dale A.**

GIBSON, Edward G.**

HAMMOND, L. Blaine Jr.**

HENIZE, Karl G.*

LINNEHAN, Richard M.

NELSON, George D.**

OEFELEIN, William A.

OVERMYER, Robert F.*

REILLY, James F.

SCHIRRA, Walter M. Jr.**

SCHWEICKART, Russell L.**

SCOTT, Winston E.**

SHEPARD, Alan B. Jr.*

Walked on the Moon during the Apollo 14 mission

VEACH, Charles Lacy*

WORDEN, Alfred M.**

Orbited the moon on Apollo 15

Second Class Scouts

ALTMAN, Scott D.

BOLDEN, Charles F. Jr.**

BUCHLI, James F.**

CARPENTER, M. Scott**

CERNAN, Eugene A.**

Orbited the moon on Apollo 10, and
Walked on the Moon during the Apollo 17 mission

CULBERTSON, Frank L. Jr.**

HERRINGTON, John B.**

HUSBAND, Rick D.*

Died during the re-entry of Columbia on Feb 1, 2003

MULLANE, Richard M.**

PARKER, Robert A. R.**

POGUE, William R.**

SHRIVER, Loren J.**

SWIGERT, John L. Jr.*

Flew to the moon on the Apollo 13 mission

THORNTON, William E.**

WHITE, Edward H. II*

Died in the Apollo 1 fire on Jan 27, 1967

WOODWARD, Neil W. III

YOUNG, John W.**

Orbited the moon on Apollo 10 and
Walked on the Moon during the Apollo 16 mission

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